Heat-utilizing device



I. F. SYRET'T. I

HEAT UTILIZING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED 02c. 13, 1920.

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JAMES F. SYRETT, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

HEAT-UTILIZING DEVICE.

ments in Heat-Utilizing Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to adevice for sup porting articles adjacent a heat supplying apparatus. i

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a frame fol-detachable connection to a radiator, register, range, or any other heat conveying apparatusgand which is adapted to support various articles to be heated, such as clothing, fluids, food,.dishes, and the like.

A further object of this invention is the provision of a device of the above described character, which embodies a frame, and a detachable platform, which platform can be removed, for the purpose of providingparts of the frame, as a railing, for supporting clothing or thelike, adjacent, but not in contact with a heatsupplying apparatus.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a supporting device, which can be universally attached to registers, radiators or the like.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent during the course of the following detailed description.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which like reference characters designate like parts throughout the same: i

Figure 1 1s a front elevation of the1mproved device, showing the same attached to a register of ordinary construction.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the frame embodied in this invention.

Figure 3. is a front elevation of the improved supportlng rack showing the same supported from a radiator of ordinary conment of my invention, the letter A desig- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 23,1922.

Application filed. December 13, 19,20. Serial No. 430,334.

nates a wall radiator of ordinary construction, upon which the frame B of the heat ut1l1z ng dev ceis detachably connected, and

wliljlclfl frame, detachably supports a platform structure C;

The frame is preferably formedof wire, .Cll'ClllZtI' in cross section, and comprises the substantially vertical arms 12 and 13, the upper or free ends of which are hooked, as

at 14:,each hooked end provided with the outtnrned portion .15, which hooks 14: are prov ded for detachablyengaging a section ofthe register it for supporting the heat ut l zing (IlGVlCG. Thearms 12 and 13 are so formed, that they may detachably engage a radiator A, of relatively narrow width. However, each of thearms 12 and 13 is provided with a horizontal portion 16, extending outwardly from its particular arm, in order that a supporting frame may be provided, in longitudinal length equal to, or

greater than the width of the radiator A to which it is attached. Upon the outer ends of each of the horizontalportions 16, depending sections 17 are provided, which are preferably vertical; it being understood from the foregoing description, that the horizontal sections 16 and vertical sections 17 are a part of the vertical supporting arms 12 and 13. Horizontally and outwardly projecting from each of the depending ends 17 are arms 18, which form an integral structure with I the supporting vertical arms 12 and 13. The horizontal arms 18 project in direction opposite from the hooks 1 1. Each of the horizontal arms 18 is provided with a short upwardly projecting portion 19, which preferably is shorter in length than the vertical sections 17. Integrally connecting the upper ends of the section 19, is a horizontal railing 20, which is upwardly disposed, from the plane in which the horizontal arms 18 lie, and which extends parallel to, and out wardly from the plane, in which the vertical arms 12 and 13 lie. It can thus be seen that a frame structure B has been provided formed of a single sheet of wire, and bent,

to the desired conformation.

The platform C is preferably a foraminous structure, formed of some fine mesh wire, and of sufficient rigidity that the lateral ends thereof may be hooked as at 25. The platform C is then so placed, that the hooked ends 25 thereof are disposed over the horizontal arms 18 of the frame B and .in this manner detachably supported upon the frame B. The platform structure, how ever, may be of any desired conformation, it being an important feature of the platform C, that the same may be made detachable with respect to the frame B.

In the form shown in Figure 3, the supporting frame B and detachable platform C, are shown detachably connected to a radiator D, of different construction than the register A. being supported therefrom by an extension bracket E.

The radiator D is of any ordinaryconstruction, such as is commonly used in hot water, hot air, and steam heating systems, and comprises a plurality of columns 27, connected together by the upper horizontal pipe connections 28, and the lower horizontal pipe connections 29.

In the form shown in Figure 3, the supporting frame B, and detachable platform C 'are identically the same in construction as that above set forth for application to a radiator A. However, it would not be feasible to support the frame B, by detachable connection to the radiator D direct with the alignment of the arms 30 and 81. The arm 38 is downturned as at 34 upon its upper portion to provide a hooked end.

In application of the extension. bracket E, the hooked end 34 is disposed to engageone of the horizontal pipe connections 28 of the radiator structure D, and the arm 33 disposed at an acute angle outwardly between adjacent columns 27, in such manner that the arms 30 and 31 lie exteriorly of the radiator structure D. The distance from the center line of the one hook 32 upon an arm 30 to the other hook 32 upon the other arm 31, is the same as the distance between the hooked ends 14 of the arms 12 and 18, as provided upon the frame B. Thus the heat utilizing device is detachably supported from the extension bracket E, with the hooked ends 14 of the frame B disposed within the depending hooked ends 32 of the extension bracket E.

It can be seen from the foregoing description that a device has been provided, which can universally be attached to registers and radiators ofdifferent construction, for utilizing the heat emanating therefrom. The

1 supporting platform C can, of course, receive' almost any article which 1t is desired to heat, and will be met with favor in hospitals, for keeping clothing and food warm. It can likewise be utilized for heating dishes, for drying shoes, and for numerous pur oses.

ll any radiators and heat supplying devices are so hot, that at times, it would not be convenient to support clothes directly thereon for drying or heating. However, with this invention, the platform C can be detached and the clothes or the like supported upon the railing 20, adjacent a radiator or other heat supplying element, and yet spaced therefrom.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown and described, is to be taken as the preferred example of the same, and that various changes in the shape, size, and arrangement of parts, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of theinvention or the scope of the sub joinedclaims.

I claim:

1. As an article'of manufacture, a wire supporting frame including a pair of supporting arms, each of said arms including a vertical stem portion provided with a hooked end, and a second vertical stem portion offset from said first mentioned stem port-ion by a horizontal portion, horizontal arms extending from the ends of said second vertical stem portion of each supporting arm and being provided on their outwardly projecting ends with upturned stems, shorter in length than the length of said supporting arm stem portions, and a supporting rail connecting the upper ends of said upturned stems in such manner that said supporting arms will lie in substantially the same plane, with said second mentioned vertical stem portions thereof oifset farther with respect to each other than said first mentioned stem portions of said supporting arms, said rail lying substantially arallel with the plane defined by said supporting arms.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination with a radiator including a horizontal pipe and a plurality of heatsupplying columns connected thereto and projecting circumferentially of said pipe, of a wire supporting-frame including a pair of supporting arms, each of said arms including a vertical stem portion provided with a hooked end, and a second vertical stem portion offset from said first mentioned portion by a horizontal portion, horizontal arms ex tending from the ends of said secondmentioned vertical stem portion of each supporting arm, and being provided on their outwardly projecting ends with upturned stems shorter in length than the length of said supporting arm stem portions, and a supporting rail connecting the upper ends of said upturned stems in such manner that said supporting arms will lie in substantially the same plane and having said second mentioned vertical stem portions thereof offset farther with respect to each other than said first mentioned stem portions of said supporting arms, said rails lying substantially parallel With the plane defined by said supporting arms; and an extension bracket including a supporting stern provided With a hooked end for engaging over the radiator horizontal pipe, said bracket provided with a pair of horizontal stems having hooked ends for pivotally receiving the hooked ends of said first mentioned vertical stem portions of said frame, and Whereby the same may be suspended in pivotal manner from said bracket and adjacent the heat supplying columns of said radiator. JAMES F. SYRETT. 

